Asphalt Operator

About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary:
**Hours of work**:
Any eight (8) consecutive hours between 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and between 5:00 am to 4:00 pm on Fridays. Rotating shifts on Winter Control. Stand-by may be a requirement of this position.

**Your role**:

- Perform duties in the development, maintenance, and operation of the Operations Department related to summer and winter road maintenance
- Safely operate various heavy equipment such as front end loader with attachments, asphalt paver, roller, tractor, skid steer, road saw and sweeper in live traffic
- Ability to safely operate a front end loader with wing plow attachment maintaining public safety in the delivery of winter control service to the community
- Perform other various duties relating to winter control of roadways including operating a combination tandem truck with plow and wing and other relevant machinery; manual snow and ice clearing and manual salting and sanding equipment and sidewalk winter control as needed
- Perform other related duties in the execution of maintenance activities related to right of way maintenance and winter control such as labourer duties, street sweeping, gravel maintenance, asphalt repairs and traffic control set-up
- Comply with all applicable regulations and requirements of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, all Federal, Provincial and City regulations including corporate, departmental and divisional, policies and procedures
- Remove obstacles hazardous to employees or the public or that interfere with the safe operation of vehicles or equipment
- Accurate and timely completion of daily activity time sheets including reporting of materials used and work completed, inspection and reporting forms
- Accurate and timely completion of vehicle and equipment checks as outlined in the fleet policies
- Report on variances in daily work plans
- Immediately report vandalism, mechanical difficulties, damage and hazardous conditions
- Actively participate in a team environment
- Perform other related duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum Grade 12 education is required
- Demonstrated experience, knowledge and understanding of tools, equipment and procedures relevant to asphalt maintenance activities
- Recent experience with roads winter control operation including five (5) months of Plow and Wing experience on a D-Z Class vehicle would be an asset
- Experience in material control including tracking and documentation of inventory
- Must be a reliable self-starter, able to make decisions and function with minimum supervision
- Must possess good oral and written communication skills
- Have the ability to deal with the public in a cordial manner and work well in a team environment
- Ability to perform a variety of physical activities including lifting, digging, shoveling, raking and climbing ladders and be able to actively participate in daily activities, working within live traffic conditions and severe weather conditions
- Basic understanding of and experience with computers and work order systems
- Working knowledge of the Occupational Health & Safety Act and the Highway Traffic Act
- Working knowledge of Ontario Traffic Manual (Book 7)

**Rate**:
$28.30 per hour

**How to apply**:
The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual needs in keeping with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance.